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 Post subject: Anuas aduaidh?
PostPosted: Wed 20 Apr 2016 10:02 am 
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Dia daoibh gach duine.

I was just wondering, can you combine the words like anuas, aníos etc etc with words like aduaidh, aneas etc ?

I know depending on your location, in english, you would say "he is coming down from the north"

Could you say something like "tá sé ag teacht anuas aduaidh" ? Or do the words aduaidh/aneas etc imply the "down from/up from" part of the english speech?

Grma


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Tháinig sé aniar aduaidh orm. [It came from the Northwest on me]. Meaning - It came out of the blue.


Interesting idea...
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I just wanted to exclaim how much I like this one, and explain a (perhaps folk) etymology for it. Basically, the Northwest is the only direction Ireland's never been invaded from. So, if an invasion would come from the Northwest, it'd be a complete surprise, out of the blue.

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 Post subject: Re: Anuas aduaidh?
PostPosted: Wed 20 Apr 2016 3:56 pm 
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Cliathach wrote:
Dia daoibh gach duine.

I was just wondering, can you combine the words like anuas, aníos etc etc with words like aduaidh, aneas etc ?

I know depending on your location, in english, you would say "he is coming down from the north"

Could you say something like "tá sé ag teacht anuas aduaidh" ? Or do the words aduaidh/aneas etc imply the "down from/up from" part of the english speech?

Grma


If so, rather aníos aduaidh (The world is upside down in Irish: North is "down", south is "up")
But I'd say yes, "from the north" implies "from down" (and vice versa).
"Tá sé ag teacht aníos. = He's comming up" is sufficient to mean "from the North" (except you are upstairs or on a hill)

e.g.: "Ba aníos as Fánaid é."


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